WRZX (FM)
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| City | Greenville, Ohio |
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| Broadcast area | Dayton, Ohio |
| Branding | Big 106.5 |
| Slogan | Dayton's '70s & '80s Hits Dayton's Christmas Station (Nov.-Dec.) |
| Frequency | 106.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | April 15, 1962 (as WDRK) |
| Format |
Classic Hits Christmas music (Nov.-Dec.) |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | 146 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 67615 |
| Former callsigns | WDRK (1964–1989) WLSN (1990–1997) WBKI (1998–2003) WDJO (2003–2005) WDSJ (2005–2014) WOLT (5/2014-6/2014) |
| Affiliations |
Premium Choice iHeartRadio |
| Owner | Aloha Station Trust |
| Sister stations | WCHD, WYDB, WMMX, WONE, WTUE, WZDA |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | Big 106.5 |
WRZX (106.5 FM, "Big 106.5") is a radio station licensed to Greenville, Ohio serving most of the Dayton metropolitan area with a rimshot signal. The station is owned by the Aloha Station Trust. Its studios are located in Kettering, Ohio (with a Dayton address) and its transmitter is in Greenville.
WRZX is licensed by the FCC to broadcast in the hybrid digital HD format.
The station's history dates back to 1962 as WDRK "The Brightest Spark In Darke (County)" known for its upper-case "W-spark" logo (possibly inspired by a similar logo used by the former WIFE in Indianapolis) when its studios were located in Greenville, Ohio (its city of license) and was operated by Lewell Broadcasting.
The station switched from traditional middle of the road to adult contemporary in 1972 when it aired the automated "Hitparade" package produced by Drake-Chenault Enterprises throughout a good part of the 1970s. The adult contemporary format however was tweaked by switching to locally produced automation tapes before the end of the decade. It later switched to a satellite country music format in the 1980s and later an oldies format in the late-1980s.
During this time WDRK was cited by the FCC in the late 1970s for leaving the transmitter unattended overnight and making false entries on its logs claiming otherwise. The station's owners fought a long battle with the FCC to keep it on the air until around 1989 when WDRK went silent and never returned to the air.
A newer station in its place emerged in 1990 as WLSN, owned by Treaty City Broadcasting airing beautiful music mixed with smooth jazz with a taller and more powerful transmitter installed north of Greenville replacing the less powerful WDRK tower on the south edge of town. Around this same time the former WHIO-FM switched from a similar format to country as WHKO "K-99.1 FM."
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